Description: This is the fifth book in the series Adventures in Earth Science and concerns fossils - the remains of living things found in rocks. Starting with an examination of how fossils are preserved in rocks and how they should be collected in the field.There are over 80 photographs, tables and charts as well as two video links.
Brief description: Dr. Peter Scott is an award-winning teacher of Earth Science of over forty years' experience in both Secondary and Tertiary Education. He holds a Bachelors' Degree, two Masters' Degrees and a Doctorate including many years on his own research in locating and correlating coal measures. He has visited many places of interest including Antarctica, the Andes, the Amazon, North Africa, volcanic islands of the Pacific and Asia, California northern Europe and remote Australia.